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Notable figures like Danie Craven, a legendary official, national coach, and Springbok scrumhalf, reluctantly complied with government demands to have Māori players excluded from the visiting All Black teams. [84] Craven also asserted that the Springbok was intrinsically tied to the white identity of the national rugby team. [82]
Matthew Proudfoot (born 30 January 1972) is a South African rugby union coach and former player who represented Scotland. He is currently coach of the Leopards. He was an assistant coach with South Africa, winning the 2019 World Cup. [1] In January 2020 he became forwards coach for England, [2] and left at the end of 2022. He had a coaching ...
He was on the coaching staff of the side that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup. In 2005, he took up a dual-coaching role when he was appointed backline coach for the Cats ahead of the 2006 Super 14 season. [17] Following the end of Jake White's tenure at the Springboks, Coetzee was one of the four main candidates to take over as head coach. [18]
No. 8 Duane Vermeulen will captain world champion South Africa in its opening test of the Rugby World Cup year against Australia on Saturday and Manie Libbok will make his first start at flyhalf.
Johan "Rassie" Erasmus (born 5 November 1972) is a South African rugby union coach and former player. He was the head coach of the South African national team from 2018 to the end of their 2019 World Cup campaign, doubling up on his duties as the first ever SARU Director of Rugby, to which he was appointed towards the end of 2017.
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He became known for his attention to detail, utilising video analysis, and soon saw his role progressed to that of forwards coach. In the coaching restructure post-2015 Rugby World Cup, Van Graan was the only member of the coaching team to survive, and he continued in his role under new Springboks head coach Allister Coetzee. [6]